Crossing Makgadikgadi Pans, Kubu Island, New Echo Trailer, white sands & magical sunsets..

Rising no more than 20m above the Sowa Pan, this national monument with its fossil beaches, stunted baobab trees and mysterious stone walls, leaves an indelible impression upon all who visit its water-worn shores. This scrap of rock and its ghostly baobab trees is surrounded by the sea of salt.

This is one of the most amazing places, stunningly beautiful, historically interesting and miles and miles of nothing.

The real name of the island, but less known, is Lekhubu (meaning ridge in Setswana). It is the most famous of all the rock islands in the Makgadikgadi. Most of the rock islands in this area are remnants of ancient sand dunes. Kubu Island is different in that it is one of the scatterings of granite islands. Many of Kubu's rocks are stained white with fossilized bird droppings.